I had the Galaxy S8+ for a weekend, don’t hate me.

I’m not making this article to brag about it. I’m honestly stating a fact. It was interesting getting a phone that only a few people we’re able to play with for a 30 minutes or so. That’s how events work, you sit through an 1 hour long ‘dog and pony’ show, and then you get run as fast as you can to the demo area. You fight through hoards of people to finally touch it, then suddenly you’re being ushed out.

I’m not complaining about the format of hands on and events. It’s sort of fun in a weird way. But I mostly go to spend time with my YouTuber friends who I only see a few times per year. This year due to my full time job, and recently buying a house. It just didn’t make sense for me to go. (As you may know YouTube is a side passion of mine, that turned into a part time job.)

Well I had the opportunity to try out the S8+ over the weekend. And I had the phone as my daily driver for two days. I can’t disclose how I got it, but just know not everyone was happy.